MTH 243 Introduction to Statistics

An introductory statistics course emphasizing interpretation of statistical results. The course focuses on sampling procedures, experimental design, descriptive statistics, and inferential statistical techniques to analyze survey and experimental data from a wide range of fields including health care, biology, psychology, physics and agriculture. Includes basic concepts in graphical interpretation of one and two variable data, probability, probability distributions (binomial, normal, t-Distribution, and chi-square), confidence intervals for means and proportions, and hypothesis testing.